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What was at stake
Children from Honduras, Ecuador, and Mexico seek asylum in the United States based on fears of kidnapping and violence
What the court decided
The District Court (Leon, J.) granted the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction. It held that the asylum-seeking plaintiffs (mothers and children detained at Dilley, Texas) were likely to succeed on their claim that the government policy permitting U.S. Border Patrol/CBP agents to conduct credible-fear interviews and make credible-fear determinations violates the immigration laws, because Border Patrol agents lack the training the law requires for credible-fear interviewers and cannot conduct the non-adversarial screening the statute demands. The court enjoined defendants from continuing to allow Border Patrol agents to conduct credible-fear interviews or make those determinations, and enjoined removal of the plaintiffs until the merits are decided.
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